The '''kamikaze''' were Japanese pilots who flew their planes into American ships during World War II as a human substitute for [[guided missile]]s.
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The '''kamikaze''' were Japanese pilots who flew their planes into Allied naval vessels in [[World War II]] as a human substitute for [[guided missile]]s.
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The [[Japanese]] name for the hurricanes that drove back the Mongol invaders; meaning "divine wind" or "wind of the [[god]]s". The term was also used to describe the Japanese [[suicide]] attacks on Allied naval vessels in [[World War II]].
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The [[Japanese]] name for the hurricanes that drove back the Mongol invaders; meaning "divine wind" or "wind of the [[god]]s".